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Deadly Grass Fire in China

A grassland fire in a Tibetan region of Southern China leaves at least 22 people dead. Video courtesy of Reuters.

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... at least twenty two dead and three severely burned ... the result of a spreading grassland fire in a mountainous Tibetan region of south west China ... Chinese state media reports say people battling the blaze were killed when when suddenly changed direction ... of the twenty two people killed fifteen were soldiers ... two were employees of the grassland administration organization ... and five were local residents ... the blaze broke out in the Tibet not Economists Prefecture in Sichuan province on Sunday ... state news agency Shinn was that around two thousand people joined in the firefighting efforts ... until the fire was extinguished ... Travis Sprecher ... Reuters ...